@@lkvideos7181 well that one inquisitor got chaos fucked or whatever by that demon ball so... how bad can the inquisition be.... buuuut I'll say it anyway because it sounds cool. The emperor protects.
@@crapwithanopinion2919 "so... how bad can the inquisition be...." Bad lol ... *REALLY* .... bad. Getting killed by an Astartes is a blessing, quick mercy, in comparison.
what I liked the most about the multilaser scene is that the marine used a so-called "blind grenade" which basically a smoke grenade that releases charged particles with the smoke, so it also provides concealment against infrared and thermal imaging. that means that the marine himself also can't see through it with his own multi-spectral optics, so he fired the plasma pistol at the target's location by memory. the creator's attention to detail is on another level.
Yep, blind grenades are designed to obstruct all sensory devices so they are a combination of flash bang, smoke, chaff and IR grenades. Like you said, the Marine got one solid look at the enemy position so he already knew where to shoot. Not for nothing, he makes the shot with a plasma pistol, not a plasma rifle. It's an impressive range even if he had a clear line of sight. And lest we forget, during the initial ambush with the multi-laser, the marine not only identifies the threat but puts accurate return fire downrange which was only blocked by the gun mantle. Probably my favorite part about this series is that the space marines are shown traditionally as walking tanks, they are heavy and imposing. However, they also showcase their speed, because despite weighting 5 or 6 hundred pounds, they still move insanely quick. We get to see some of that speed and it's terrifying.
@@PRC533 From my understanding Astartes cannot see through their helmets. I've always been told that the Marines are completely blind under their helmets, in the sense that they can't see out of them, but that their helmet scans and sees everything for them and then projects an image of what is being seen from the inside, which is why when that one Marine got his lens cracked and from then on you could see the red circles inside it constantly scanning around for new threats.
@@SomethingScotty yes and no. Think of them like really advanced night vision optics, except they can switch between a number of modes including, IR, Thermal, and magnetic as well as other wavelengths. So the lenses aren't just transparent glass as much as an amplifying device.
There are many, many things better than Avengers especially now. Marvel has gone from a exciting universe to a garbage, racist, fascist and woke political cesspit of idiocy and virtue signalling derangement.
Not better, but equal on completely opposite plains. Hard to compare the two, being so different that’s all. Will admit I do prefer 40K quite a bit more, just wish I could see more. Thanks for the free show and lore!
@@therealtruth3012 actually no. He will be commended for his actions, conscripted into the guard for his/her loyalto to the imperium, given a rifle and sent against crons or nids and he will be lucky to live for 5 minutes. The emperor protects!
I don't know if you heard, but after the Inquisitor got corrupted by the warp portal, he said to the marine in the white cloak, "recall then immediately" which is what sent his subordinate running. In the last fucking seconds of that inquisitor's life, he made the decision to warn the space marines on the ground and sacrificed himself to do so. fucking madman.
Do you mean the dude kneeling and praying while connected to the sphere? If yes, I don't think he is an Inquisitor but rather an inquisition psycher. Either way a brave sould indeed :D
@@Daniel__Nobre most likely an agent or apprentice to an Inquisitor. Inquisitors are not prone to put themselves in danger and certainly not in a routine mop-up operation. Deems themselves far too important for such tasks, especially if there is no glory or guarantee of survival.
I remember a quote from a liberated human gladiator when he saw his savior, an astartes sergeant. He said, "What wars called for the creation of one such as you?" To which the sergeant replied, "Wars you cannot imagine."
The guy who made this knew a thing or two about weapons: the bolter's trigger stages like an AUG, (stage 1 for semi, stage 2 for auto), and the shells' mini rockets actually burn through to the explosive filler. That and the mini rockets have their own lighting and audio. He's too good for modern GW, IMHO. He's too good for modern Hollywood.
_"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear."_ *--The Emperor of Mankind.*
I was gonna watch the straight version because I know all the lore you’re covering, but watching someone talk about something they’re so passionate about is such an infectious experience it got me fired up more than watching the straight video could
"He fucking rallies, cus he's a god-damn space marine!" I totally feel your giddy excitement about how awesome that is, and how awesome this series is. Great stuff.
One thing that I feel that you tried to imply, but were not completely able to was how quickly they process a threat and react to it. The books like to describe it in vivid detail, but this is one of the first (of hopefully many) animations that portrayed it. One of my favourite scenes is the Hallway Autocannon Ambush and its not because of the 8ft warrior clad in armor that prolly weighs a literal ton sneaking behind the hidden gun team (yes, there were two people). The second Astartes in the squad, after witnessing a near miss by his battle-brother, takes a brief look at the bullet hole on the hallway and makes a split second decision to subtly angle his pauldron towards the unseen shooter to maximize protection because he knows that it is one of the thickest pieces of his armor and could reliably shrug off an autocannon round. Once glance was enough for him to determine the caliber of the weapon, it’s trajectory as well as its source, and the best course of action. All in a split second, while in motion. I’d like to see Chief do that without AI.
Chief did that without AI for 25 years, then when he finally got AI he consistently beat her to the punch in tactical scenarios, despite her nanosecond processing times, enough that she stops trying to offer advice before the start of the first Halo game, opting to concentrate on electronic warfare and intel gathering to support him, as she was designed to. Spartans might not be as strong or tough as Astartes, but they are nearly as impressive and effective in combat. A good number of Spartans pull off Space Marine level feats in battle quite regularly, and the Chief does about as well as a named Ultramarine. If they had slightly better armour and weapons, Spartans would be equal to Astartes in every way but lifespan.
@@gama343 I absolutely agree, space marines and spartans are extremely similar when you look at their creation and skills. Space marines do have the superior tech however.
master chief is unbelievably powerfull hed do just well in 40k verse hes basically an astartes already minus the extea organs (i think) plus better armor and more physical strength (pretty sure)
Master Chief himself is a legend, he didn't need the bigger armor the space marines had. He was already a welled trained soldier and also that he even still fought wearing outdated armor even against other Spartans
ok, here is a quick (lol) break down of what is happening through out the whole serie Some important background: The Astartes (known as Space Marines) are genetically engineered super soldiers (were talking bigger, stronger, faster, with extra, redundant organs, the whole 9) and they are equipped with damn near the best gear the Imperium of Man (there's always exceptions) can make, Astartes are also known as "angels of death" and are basically mythical to most humans in the galaxy because they're so few of them (about a million total for an empire that spans the galaxy and oversees millions of worlds), when space marines get involved into anything, its usually a big fucking deal. The Warhammer 40k universe is an absolute shitshow, the Imperium of Man is pretty much a grab-bag of every dystopian future you can imagine, its highly xenophobic, religious and authoritarian, but it has to be because literally everything else in the galaxy will HAPPILY annihilate you (if you're lucky) or worse (and there is SOOO MUCH WORSE). Space Marines are mostly autonomous in organization, with only one real authority over them, the Inquisition (they have near absolute authority in the Imperium). The 3 universal threats to the imperium of man, and the reason why Space Marines exist in the first place are Xenos (aliens), Heretics and Daemons. The last important bit is that in the 40k universe, there's an parallel/alternate dimension called "The Warp", which is how ships travel across the galaxy at faster than light speeds, the problem with the warp is that its the realm of daemons and the gods of chaos, think hell, but on steroids, (actually, everything in 40k is on steroids) and very weird, its INCREDIBLY dangerous (star system destroying kinds of dangers in some cases) to fuck around with ANYTHING remotely connected with the warp.. Ok, now on to what actually happens in the series: A force of Astartes are intervening in planetary rebellion (rebellion happens often, doesn't usually require Astartes involvement), they deploy a kill team/combat squad (5 marines) to board a rebel ship in a boarding torpedo with the objective being to secure that weird psychic orb. They have one of those orbs on their ship "contained" already with an inquisitorial psyker linked/communing with it and Astarte Veterans (that's why they have white helmets) standing guard. It looks like the rebellion was likely caused by that orb in the first place, it has to ability to compel/sway others to its will and it tried to do the same with the marines (those pulses/whispers as they were approaching the orb) but failed because on top of their physical and genetic augmentation, Astartes also go through decades of absolutely horrendously brutal training and indoctrination. Then they get to the orb, looks like they are plugging in tech that allows the Psyker on the Astartes ship to eavesdrop on the orbs. Orb 1 is on the Astartes ship, Orb 2 is on the rebel ship and the conversation goes as follows: Orb 1: Who is there? Orb 2: I have failed, Brother. Orb1: We have all failed Orb 2: The Astartes deny our touch, you must break your seal (or shield) Orb 1: Impossible, we will never survive Orb 1: YOU MUST TAKE THEM (referring to the Kill team on the rebel ship) At this point, the inquisitorial Psyker tells the veteran "recall them immediately", the veteran gives the order and the marine in the background rushes off. Because the psyker broke concentration to warn the veteran, he left himself open to possession by Orb 1, Orb 1 breaks his seal/shield and tries to take over the psyker, the veterans put him down quickly, warp possession is absolutely no joke and if you ever dig deeper into the lore, you will understand that their reaction was in absolutely no way unreasonable or overkill. Back on the ship, the squad leader gets the recall order but before they can react, Orb 2 takes them. Inside orb, it appears that they the 5 marines are being reeled in by some squid like thing inside the warp but the entity is attacked by a big black smoke (could be a daemon, or it could be psychic backlash from its brother orb's new host being turned into chunky human salsa) and the squad leader re-materialize on an alien planet. As he looks out from his own pillar, you can see flashes of light on the other pillars out in the distance, the rest of his squad. and that's it for now. There is some speculation about what the orbs are, the best fitting theory being an technology from an alien species called the Yu'vath (if you wish to do your own digging), its also entirely possible that the creator (all of this was made by a single person) just made up his own alien threat too :D
I think the first Rogue Trader gamebook had a good explanation for the warp. It is a psykic storm. Emotions, ideas, thoughts manifest in the warp. This is a realm of every nightmare and horror mixed with fantastic beauty. So it is really hard to navigate when it is pushing and pulling on the ship. The beacon gives ships a landmark in order to tell where they were. There are still world out there that have been cut off for eons some get corrupted by creatures from the warp which leads to events like in the short where they get contacted. brought into the fold only to find out that there was some xeno among them influencing them all along. The Xenos in the short knows how to weave and manipulate the warp to some extent which is why they could pull the marines through it to another world. The person who made this is Syama Peterson.
I initially thought the orbs were an alien species called Umbra. But its more likely they are Yu'vath constructions. Yu'vath have incredible control over warp energy and use it to power everything. It's a very obscure xenos species that is not really known so it's an easy mistake to not know what it is. 😁
28:04 I love how they’re approaching this “UNRESTRAINED PORTAL TO HELL” and walking up to it like they’re picking up an Amazon package on their front porch
Actually happens a few seconds after. Once they are repelled by it, they only push harder. They are here to do a job, and they will see it done. Only in death does duty end.
In the "valley endscene" take a look at the other pillars, you can see his brothers mateialize on them, gives a sense of the massive scale of the place!
Wait really imma pay extra attention cause I’ve seen this dozens of times but never noticed Edit: U sure? I still couldn’t see it. Like I saw some distortion but I think those are more flecks of dust/sand/whatever flitting through the screen
@@AverageAwesomeDude Trust me. They are there. Pretty sure Syama (creator) confirmed that they are there as well as so many other viewers noticing the blips. It is clearly an intentional effect. I just love how I can watch this over and over (probably seen 200 times by now, no joke) and still notice new details. Like, bravo to the creator, because I don't know how you could plan this all out and execute it so well. Back to the pillar thing, there is a sudden flash/brightness/contrast change in the areas of each pillar and dust implosion at the time of the teleports. I think there are three in quick succession. Not sure what happened to the other astartes. It makes sense that the warp entity would drop them out of the warp in an important place.
The most beautiful moment in this whole series for me is the absolute commitment of movement when the Astartes stabs the psyker between the trapezius and pectoral muscle groups. What makes this substantial compared to any other region of the body to perform a stab is how many vital organs are completely disabled in a single strike, which also goes to show how precise and fundamentally controlled these guys are. There was zero hesitation and immediately after that moment rips the spinal column from the brain stem. It's just such a crazy level of determination and lethality that simply doesn't yield, even after basically fighting complete paralysis.
Everything about this series is god tier. The character models, textures, tactics, animation, special effects, sound and music design, environments, just everything.
Have been into 40k and 40k lore for nearly 20 years now. Seen every fanfilm, watched all the game cinematics and, for me, this is the best and most accurate representation of astartes warfare I've seen yet. WE NEED A FULL 40K PRODUCTION!!! If there's the will and CGI capacity to make a damn live action Lady and the Tramp...I think the 40k community deserve it. Also. @25:11 so glad you clarified the Chaos Gods business...the devil worshipper thing was itching my brain
I'm content with the continuation of the Astartes series. The creator definitely has a lot of support and might even make it a full-time job. At least this is what i hope for.
When you get the inquisitor POV, the orbs obviously manifest as blue but you'll notice his clasped hands give off a black smoke/aura. To my mind the inquisitor grasps what's about to happen, gives the warning then displaces himself, knowing his 'guards' will waste whatever takes him over, in order to manifest as the black smoke that interrupts the tentacled being in the warp.
@@miceatah9359 said he interrupts the blue entity at the cost of his life, didn’t say defeat. Fact remains there’s only two instances of that black smoke, inquisitors hands and whatever it is that envelopes the blue entity holding the marines.
@@CunySark The idea of an Inquisitor, top of the baseline humans, sacrificing his own life to just temporarily stun a minor deamon is kind of scary because puts in perspective just how powerful deamons are in the WH40K universe
I always thought that this was: The black smoke is the Inq concentrating and remaining hidden while it intercepts any communication that the captured orb might attempt to the boarded ship. He listens in on the conversation the orbs have and then when an order is given that threatens the lives of the astartes, he breaks focus and can't conceal himself in order to warn those guarding him, "Recall them immediately!". At that point, the captured orb immediately recognises that there is another presence connected and possesses the Inq.
Totally agree, Inquisitorial Psykers do not fuck around, he'd know what is about to happen so he essentially went nova, burning every ounce of psykic power he had to disrupt them, knowing full well he'll be possessed in an instant immediately after doing so. He got a warning out and gave the Marines a fighting chance. By the Emperor's will.
the thunderbolt did not break off and went somewhere else, it actually attacks the rebel ship (fires a missle, accelerates to outrun AA fire) from the left to right side of the screen, in order to draw some AA fire and/or have the rebel ship focus on him initially in order to somewhat give the assault ram a shorter exposure time to AA fire before breeching.
If you look closely, it fires at least 2 missiles at the rebel freighter and disables the rear main thrusters - they go dark a little bit before the boarding ship does what it does best.
Just found the video today and subscribed just from the opening spiel. 10:21 - 500 Space Marines would be considered overkill to take over our entire planet as it stands today. And I think it was just the single torpedo so only the squad of 5 Astartes led by the Sergeant. Thanks for providing a good bridge for a new audience to appreciate the genius of the setting and the work of Syama. Oh, side note - the ceramite armor they are wearing has integrated comms so throughout you can't hear them talking and planning. When the Sanctioned Psyker yells at his max voluntary volume, you can barely hear the muffled "RECALL THEM IMMEDIATELY!" That moment to warn the Captain and Lieutenant cost the Psyker everything... and when the other intelligence took him over... it forced his body and mind to chant painfully loudly. Such a powerful moment of horror.
500 Marines would be considered overkill for almost any mission - That is 1/2 of a Chapter 100 would be more what is expected as a large strike force, there was a story in one of the older Codex's that mentioned that on more than one occasion as little as 10 has pacified entire worlds In the Book Salvation's Reach by Dan Abnett an entire formation of Imperial Guard consider themselves lucky that 3 marines agree to support them - and at more than one point the Marines are forced to slow down their attack on the Reach, one even going back to ask what is taking them so long
The amount of pain and training you go through to become an astartes or god forbid, a primaris is enough to kill most able candidates. Only the cream of the cream of the crop ever make it this far. This group seems like a chapter backing the inquisition which means reallllyyyy high up marines specifically trained to deal with chaos, xenos, and pyskers. Probably a tier below grey knight so definitely no fear in them. Seems like the types to get dumped in the warp and survive a couple centuries honestly.
@@djcuevas1057 I know that they are able of feeling emotions. What I meant was that they will most likely ignore/ suppress any emotions detremental to their ability to fight, especially if they are seasoned or specifically trained in facing psykers and chaos. Seeing an astartes show fear in this kind of battle will be a somewhat rare occasion.
Okay dude. I dont know why, but I just today found your reaction to Astartes. I've watched a lot of your other videos, and subscribe to your channel. I, without doubt, completely love and appreciate your analysis. You absolutely nailed items that other reactors missed, were unsure about or went down the wrong path. I completely appreciate the background you filled in on stuff I didn't think about or connect. I was also interested in your reference to the Emperor at the end of the show. It really made me think when you mentioned the row of skeletons in a throne as far as the eye could see. Just really made me think about 1,000 psykers a day to keep him in his half-dead condition. Wonder if that has any bearing or if I'm just reaching. Im now off to watch your breakdown of the remastered edition. Have a great day.
31:30 He doesn't "just" look they have comms inside their helmets we as the viewer just don't hear it. (creators choice done on purpose is my assumption). If you notice carefully throughout all of the parts of the Astartes series you see them communicating within their helmets very subtle motions and movements. some of the stuff people might have missed: Just like the thunder hawk that flew away in the beginning actually flew behind the enemy ship to take out the engines if you notice carefully you'll see a rocket enter the engines and then the engine lights are off. with melting metal and sparks coming out of the engines. and the thunderhawk flies over the enemy ship drawing fire power away. the drones take care of most incoming fire with a few rockets passing the first one the defensive cannon we see shoot taking out of the other incoming projectiles. And as they are flying in hot on the ship they use plasma lasers to melt into the hull. (watch the original its much better quality) 5:39 here you'll see 2 white lines tiny impact on engines and then fire from above the enemy ship trailing the thunder hawk draw away enemy fire towards the front of the ship. The details in this whole mini-series are incredible like blink and you'll miss a couple of things. 10:33 you can see 2 hooded figures spotter and shooter (hence why the space marine shot twice.) subtle to notice but the space marines don't waste ammo. 14:20 you'll notice the sergeant waiting for his marines to get into position and as they get ready reloading and all he gives a subtle nod probably 14:26 saying "go". 16:07 i assume its the same sergeant, right hand knife ready for use and has his plasma pistol in his left hand he shoots couple of times to distract then drops the weapon to directly switch over to his bolt pistol. my assumption is its faster to drop the plasma pistol and grab his other pistol then to holster it during combat. However! there is a error here. on 11:30 (you can't see it in this clip because of the cam being in the way.) on his left leg he has his Boltgun and in his left hand he's shooting with the Bolt pistol. But 12:05 when taking out the twin lazer on his left side his boltgun changed into a plasma pistol. There is so much more but this feels like rambling on. sorry for the long comment but the timestamps are there to watch it again.
No, go on. You've stopped just before arguably the most interesting, and speculative, part. By the way, the space marine, in the error you're referring to, is not the sergeant and the same space marine we see getting confronted by the multi-laser later in the corridor. The sergeant is designated by the black chevron insignia on his helmet.
There's another error on the sergeant's left shoulder armor. It's clearly damaged by the multilaser attack and remains pockmarked through the psyker battle... then becomes flawlessly intact again for all of part 5. Where he takes chest damage also changes.
Idk why...but seeing someone nerd out about a fandom I know nothing about is really fun and enjoyable for me. I typically play Pathfinder and D&D, so this must be what it feels like when I try to describe that to someone who has never played before. Really good stuff.
If you still have no idea what Warhammer 40k is, it is a tabletop game wher you colelct models of soldiers, aliens, and vehicles, and build them and paint them to use them in the game. If you want some lore, check out Bricky's Warhammer 40k Factions Explained series. Then for some extra lore, check out Luetin09, Oculus Imperia, Arch, Majorkill, and Baldemort's guide to Warhammer.
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 a few months down the line and I can say that I'm all too aware of what warhammer is now. Planning on starting my army next year and really enjoying the Horus Heresy novels.
A bit late but there is a dnd warhammer 40k system It includes Dark heresy (inquisition) Only war (imperial guard) Deathwatch (space marines) Black crusade (chaos humans and marines) And all are compatible with each other
2 years later. I have a 2k point Salamanders list, have read every major Horus Heresy novel up to The End and the Death, and just played a 40k game on Conor’s channel last week. All thanks to this vid.
It took me a few watches to realise the Inquisitor is eavesdropping on what is being said between the 2 entities and hears that they're it's going to abduct them and says "Withdraw them immediately!" But in doing so has alerted the 2 entities to his presence and gets psychically attacked straight away, Which as we can see attempts to resist but ultimately fails.
I love these kinds of explanations. 40k is so dense that even though I knew 90% of what was going on, you revealed and explained that 10% that was missed and I love you for it. C:
the psyker fight is genuinely amazing to look at. from the force of the shockwave impacting the bolter rounds trajectory to the absolute cold-bloodedness of the astartes striking as soon as the psyker loses even a modicum of control.
And the best part is, those are low grade weak psykers. The stronger ones can Rend an entire space Marine squad into Ribbons with a flick of their finger. The Book, 'The Damnation of Pythos' has a great sequence towards the end that shows it well.
Considering the communication between the orbs stating "break your seal" and the response "we will not survive", I think that it didn't take long for the entity within the orb to be noticed in the warp and it was quickly consumed by something more powerful. It would be a great reflection of even these seemingly potent creatures being easy prey in the warp.
The inquisitor is animated with a blackish aura during the psychic communications. The black entity attacking the Yuvath could be the displaced psychic essence of the inquisitor attacking the Yuvath to free the trapped Astartes.
Bro, your reaction is just so awesome! I'm just getting into Warhammer 40k and your breakdown and nerded out reaction is just exactly what i needed the most, thanks
- I'm the Emperor, i don't need bolters, i'll just use a little powerfull light...Astronomicon. And i love my ergonomical gaming chair plenty or cables! - I'm Absdubal Vect, son of the darkness, i will kill my enemies... 500 years later meet then, i'ts a pleasure to stay with them during this time. Well maybe not for them... - I'm... I don't know... I was born hours ago, as an adult to destroy and eat all the biomatheria of this planet. Hungry hungry hungry! -I'm Szareck, the Silence King, i was just passing here again, after 64 million years travelling between galaxies... So good to stay at home again! What? Danger? What means this word? - I'm a great ork thactical general. Owr strategy. Take a gun. Immagine youre red motorbike goes faster than light, then shoot. Boom! To the enemy better than another orcs... Don't forget to leave spooores!!! - I'm an empire custode, and please, stop pranking me because we have stayed for secols nude after the emperor goes bad... Believe me, is not the smartest idea to makes me angry. My bolter is 10 times more powerfull than yours and almost as big as my d... (Even if we only use to make pee). - I'm Lucke Skywalker and... -Boooh, noob in SciFi!!!
I always link your video in addition to the unedited one to anyone who wants to understand the lore of what they've just seen. You gave the best explanation and breakdown of all the other attempts I've watched.
The moment you said, "bullet the size of a red bull can" I was taking a bite of a cookie and started fucking choking I was laughing so hard. Thank you man.
A quick note, be sure to watch the playlist of the astartes content, we should not have compilations that have even a tenth of the original views. Funnel it all towards Astartes.
The Astartes mini series actually made me interested in the Warhammer 40k universe. I used to hear about it here and there, but I always thought, that is was just a PC game series. I never knew until a few days ago, that it is actually a table top game with a huge lore behind it. Now I am thinking about getting into the table top and buying my first models.
Glad to see another enthusiast! While I disagree on some of your analysis, I dig your attention to these details that are absent in our current big budget movies .
Fun fact. The big mask dude, he stopped the Bolter shells with a telekinetic force field (which the esteemed hose is correct would be a type of invulnerable save; the space marine’s power armor also gives such a save).
Normal marine armour doesn't give an Invuln save It has a 3+ armour save - enough to stop anything short of an Anti-tank missile The Marnines true elites would donn Tactical Dreadnought armour Which has a 2+ Armour and 5+ Invulnerability save as it has a fragment of a piece of armour once carried by the Emperor The shield the Psyker has is based off an old force shield power that gave a 4+ invuln save Which is the same as a Storm Shield - An energy shield designed for breaching and engaging monsters
@@bengrogan9710 Theirs are most likely psychic kinetic fields given what they are. BUT they could just as easily be mundane powerfield generators like those carried by human soldiers.
Please make more video of 40k lore ! I really like the way you talk about real historical example to explain things in 40k universe ! This is really interesting because 40k has TONS of historical inspiration and it looks like you have a good interpretation of the lore AND a great historical knowledge !
Of all the reactions to this short film, you are the only one to point out the fine details like the SM flanking the autocannon sniper, the frozen floor chipping, and various other tidbits, not to mention rapid-firing bits of lore and background info. Kudos my man.
Thank you for such a deep, informative breakdown of literally the best Warhammer 40k animation ever made (imo of course). Astartes absolutely deserves more in depth analysis and discussion. Theres soo much material expertly condensed into a 15 minute short, I was blown away. The amount of detail in the animation alone makes it a video worthy of analysis. Then theres the great sound design, impressive cinematography, intense action, and fascinating story full of mystery and suspense. There is quite a lot of unspoken deep lore all over the "Astartes" short that builds up intrigue masterfully. This one video has directly, undoubtedly, sent thousands of people who never knew Warhammer 40k even existed, down the insanely deep rabbit hole that is the hobby, never to be seen again. Lost in the lore, God damn... This guy showed EVERYONE how its done. I smile when I think about the level of inspiration and/or hype he showered on the entirety of the fandom. I hold on to the hope that the "Astartes" project low key shamed the official Games Workshop animation department into putting much more effort and attention to detail into future projects. We can only hope "Astartes" will be held up as the standard for all 40k animations now that Syama Pedersen(the creator of Astartes for those who don't know) has officially been hired by Games Workshop. I can see Games Workshop's future projects being as good as Blizzard's cinematics if the planets align just right. Maybe if Syama is put in a position of authority he'll be able to change the culture over at Games Workshop when it comes to, at the very least, attention to detail in their future projects. I can go on...forev... Ohh my. I seem to have went on another fanatical rant about the glory of "Astartes"...Emperor save me, I need help. Seriously though, I thoroughly enjoyed your breakdown. If you couldn't tell, your video kind of got me hyped, and I mean HYPED.
I think the 29:45 things are shards of blackstone with electronics in them. The proximity of the blackstone is blocking the warp which is why you see those expanding areas from each one as it dampens chaos around each one
You and I have the same reactions every time I watch this. It’s just fantastic. I’m a combat vet and I love the tactical detail in this, missing from almost everything made in Hollywood. Astartes is what turned me into 40K a few years ago and it’s my life now. Thanks for the great video.
The channel Arch does an amazing job explaining what the psykers and the big balls are. (Though the theories he proposes aren't confirmed by the creator, they make a good deal of sense.)
Him: "There's Starship Trooper Bugs, there's orcs, there's elves, there's dark elves, there's chaotic human beings..." my loyal to the EMPRAH brain: THERE'S FILTHY XENOS THAT DESERVE TO DIE ALL MOMENTS OF ALL TIME WITHOUT MERCY, HESITATION OR REMORSE.
Hey man loved this video so I just wanted to say: When most people pause the video to talk it’s annoying but idk what you did, it was awesome listening to you explain everything. Cool shit man!
As a representative of The God Emperor's Most Holy Inquisition, I'm starting to resent the whole 'we are all evil' stigma that revolves around the Imperium of Man. Their armies are brutal for a damn good reason! Chaotic mutations, heretics and filthy xenos are a direct threat to the citizens of the Imperium, who for the most part are GOOD people - sometimes horribly mistreated by their Governors, or living on highly lethal Death Worlds, but deep down good people nonetheless! And before people bring up the whole xenophobic thing, allow me to remind you just what the Imperium is up against.... First and foremost, The Ruinous Powers. Also called The Gods of Chaos. Lovecraftian, warp spawned entities that control daemons, possessed psykers and heretical cultists and are fuelled by the thoughts and emotions of every single living and semi-living entity within the Galaxy. The power of these so called Gods is so potent, that even knowing just a little bit about them will cause insanity within an untrained mind and horrific mutations within normal communities. When Inquisitors hand out the Emperor's 'Mercy' , it really does mean they are killing you out of mercy! Orks. Devolved, ultra violent, numerous, collectively psychic mushrooms created by an ancient race as bio soldiers in a war that happened back when humanity was starting to evolve. Eldar/ Dark Eldar. Space Elves, who quite literally murder fucked a chaos god into existence and have been on the run ever since. Tau. Don't believe them when they talk about 'The greater good'. Their so called Greater Good is a systemic caste system with the ultra elite ensuring that everyone has a place in their empire. And everyone stays in that place like good obedient little puppies. They mightn't be as brutal in their nature as the Imperium, but they are just as oppressive. Necrons... We've all watched Terminator right? And we've all watched Evil Dead right? Now combine those and mix in horrific technologies and a hatred for all living creatures that predates the birth of humanity and yeah you got Necrons!!!! Yu'Vath... Ya just met them! Tyranids. Seriously the worst of the worst! Spiky, smelly, slimy, scaly, spawning, slavering, acidic spitting, all consuming hives of ever evolving creatures, bio engineered to consume. Everything! People? Consumed! Fauna? Consumed! Flora? Consumed! Oceans? Consumed! Mineral deposits? Consumed!!!!!!! Entire planets are devoured leaving nothing but a cold, rocky husk. We might be willing to coexist with Abhumans, like Space Marines, Navigators, cyborg Tech Priests, Ogryns, Ratlings, Squats and even some breeds of Beastmen. But these creatures have either evolved naturally from humans without the influence of Chaos, or - in the case of Astartes and Tech Priests - been created through the wisdom of The God Emperor of Man or enhanced through the carefully protected - and slightly - lost art of science. These beings are aspects of humanity. Filthy xenos, heretics and chaos mutants and daemons have nothing but malevolent ill will towards the Imperium and will never cease their terror until we are destroyed.
"Tau are just as oppressive" Yeaaaaah, if I must live under an oppressive regime I might prefere one that is not brutal. Basically, Tau are just like the Imperium minus the fact that they are brutal as heck and plus the fact that these guys, by nature, do not empower the malignant sides of Chaos (Humankind feeds Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle and Slaanesh by any action they take to fight it back. I remind you guys that Chaos was given birth truely because of the War In Heaven) It is because of the fear and ignorance in the Immaterium and warp itself that many people do not understand that no one will ever be able to defeat it. Necron may be merely able to "push it back" but I doubt they could premanantly destroy the Chaos Gods. To fight Chaos is to empower it, it is only by spreading calm, knowledge and peace that the warp may return to a more normal and passive form, just like before the War In Heaven
So I’m new to your channel and this popped up. I was blown away by Astartes when it came out. (EDIT: Still am.) I’m VERY glad too to see the Space Marine 2 comment (which was valid at the time) to be wrong. So stoked. Get some!
I've seen a number of these videos, and you're the first guy to comment on the breaking ice (strange it's only in one small patch) and the similarities between the half dead Emperor of Man and the dead looking host at the end. Great Job!
When he said 'and for those who are willing to give me the next half hour to 45 minutes of your life so we can watch a incredible piece of Sci fi' I was like hell yeah I'm down!
Hot damn, you were not kidding about this being a perfect point to jump in. Contextualizing how the game works with the events of the video is the exact level of nerd analysis I'm looking for.
I played some random rts 40k game early 2000's, then I watched Astartes and was intrigued, trying to find more 40k stuff. But everything else is such low quality garbage it just doesn't hold up to the set standard set by Astartes for me. I hope this guy puts out more, I could honestly watch a 3hour movie without a single voice line and enjoy the fk outta it.
That is so true. My favorite part about the entire series is the absence of cookie cutter space marine voice lines, "For the emperor!" "Die, heretic!" "Burn in holy fire!" etc that are so overused. It was a genuine pleasure to nat have to hear the same cringe stuff again. And the amount of emotion that was able to be portrayed through slight tilts of the helmet, no facial expressions/words is incredible.
It is really nice seeing someone react to this video that really has a good grasp on the lore of the Grimdark, because it just allows you to nerd out so much more than when others, who have minimal to no understanding of the lore react.
My introduction to W40k was Dawn of War around 2006. It's also useful to point out that StarCraft was originally supposed to be a W40k game but they couldn't secure the rights the Tyranids and Eldar became Zerg and Protoss respectively
Late to the party, but I loved listen and watching your reaction. The breakdown of the knife scene (which I watch religiously) made my day sir. Thanks for the analysis!
You keep saying "evil", demonic, satan etc like those concepts mean anything in the Warhammer universe. The axiom of the 40k setting is Order vs Chaos. Evil is such an irrelevant concept in a universe where the "good guys" (ie. the humans) will literally exterminate entire planets to stop one rogue psyker who has become a gateway for chaos. There are no good factions. In the dark future, there is only war, and the laughter of thirsting gods... ; )
Look little Billy you have only two options, the first is to accept the last gesture of mercy given to you and your world as devoted servants of the God Emperor of Mankind in the form of a quick death, or you can start preparing your butt (and your whole body) for the horde of slaaneshi demons willing to murderfuck every sentient being, the brutal berserkers of khorne ready to bathe in your blood and entrails, the pestilence of papa Nurgle and his flesh-eating virus, or the aberrant mutations of tzeentch, and that's just the Chaos faction. In short, from one to ten, the Warhammer 40K universe is eleven and there are worse things than death every eight out of ten times.
And yet they say "BLood for the Blood gor, skulls for the Skull throne" The Imperium will win this WAR!!! And my beloved brothers of Space Wolf, we will find our lost primarch... Russ will see his chapter once again in the final battle!
thank you for the great analysis and simplified explanations of the 40k universe. I'm not new to it but it's refreshing to hear things explained in simple terms!
This is actually quite refreshing, a good reaction video in its own way. It works especially well because of the expertise that you bring from the lore, games, and worldly knowledge. Thank you for putting out this good product.
Did you notice at the end of part 5 that there are the flashes, of presumably the other space marines, arriving on the other pillars... Those skeletons are huuuuuge!
I don't like when people pause in reactions, but you explained a lot of the things that I didn't know about this universe (still noob). And I loved you entusiasm...
Amazing reaction! I love the tid bits of lore and seeing how excited you get explaining it. I've been dipping my toes into the world of WH and videos like this are why I keep wading out into the water.
For all the details you were so giddy about you missed some very important ones. For example, the service studs in the Sergeants head. 1 gold for 100 years of service and 2 silver, representing, either 10 years, or 50 years. This is a homebrew "chapter" of space marines, so it's left to speculation if he's 120 years of service, or 200. It's pretty much one or the other. The "black bigger demon cloud" that kills the Yu'voth squid dude, isn't some random bigger demon. It's the inquisitorial psyker's remnants lashing out to save the squad before they are consumed, a sort of "last hurrah". This is indicated, when the psyker activates his powers to spy on the orbs communicating, you'll notice all of the black smoke coming off and surrounding his vision. He saves his squad. You'll also notice, to the drum beats at the end, little flashes of light on the other pillars. His other battle brothers are teleported with him.
Yea you could argue with that, but there are 2 things that doesn't make good sense 1. The Inquistor was long dead 2. The Inquisitor got disconnected before he died. It is some kind of warp demon who are lurking through the warp for psychic energy, it is maybe this thing the one orb is referring when they spoke to each other "break your seal" "we will not survive". Furthermore you can see behind the blue tentacle thing, in the backround, that there are more of these black clouds. But idk, could be the psychic backlash
@@31er_ohne_AMG I agree with your interpretation. The communication between the orbs seems to be a good indication. Fitting for the 40k universe, we see an entity that seems so powerful but when it comes to trying to exist in the warp there are much bigger fish lurking.
I know im late to the party lad, but that heretical "Ball" may not be a portal but part of the Yu'vaath xenos race, Arch Warhammer has a video of that, good video keep it up i love seeing an actual marine getting off to Warhammer 40k ! Greetings from Getmany btw. ^^
In part 4 when they fight the psykers he talks about the other Space Marines dying but as you can see in part 5 they didint die they survived the "Force Push" from the psykers.
I pictured that daemon getting blown away as being the line to the real world being severed when the Inquisitor got blasted by the Captain and bird boy. Excellent fuckin react video Marine.
Gotta love it.... And this video is F'n amazing. But numbers are all wrong. There are Only 5 Space Marines that board the ship in the boarding torpedo... None of them die until the end.... Astartes was my first real intro to WH40K... I've been reading up on the lore ever since. Absolutely nuts. Love it.
I've watched so many reaction/breakdowns of just this video. I fucking love it. I'm a Warhammer noob, but this shit gets so much deeper every time I watch it.
![Astartes 1-5 [ Reaction ] WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS !](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TiMIKIBKHHU/mqdefault.jpg)
me: watches Astartes 1-5"wow, this is really cool. I wanna learn more about the lore."
the lore: 4:24
Wow, thanks for the pin, heart, and like. The emperor protects.... I feel like I'ma be saying that a lot.
@@crapwithanopinion2919 You better if you don't want to be visited by the Inquisition...
@@lkvideos7181 well that one inquisitor got chaos fucked or whatever by that demon ball so... how bad can the inquisition be.... buuuut I'll say it anyway because it sounds cool. The emperor protects.
@@crapwithanopinion2919 "so... how bad can the inquisition be...."
Bad lol ... *REALLY* .... bad. Getting killed by an Astartes is a blessing, quick mercy, in comparison.
"wow, this is really cool. I wanna learn more about the lore."
me: Welcome to 40k. The only universe no sane fan wants to live in. Ever.
what I liked the most about the multilaser scene is that the marine used a so-called "blind grenade" which basically a smoke grenade that releases charged particles with the smoke, so it also provides concealment against infrared and thermal imaging. that means that the marine himself also can't see through it with his own multi-spectral optics, so he fired the plasma pistol at the target's location by memory.
the creator's attention to detail is on another level.
I always thought they could see through their own ordinance, but, in true WH40k fashion, this makes a lot more sense. thank you!
Yep, blind grenades are designed to obstruct all sensory devices so they are a combination of flash bang, smoke, chaff and IR grenades. Like you said, the Marine got one solid look at the enemy position so he already knew where to shoot. Not for nothing, he makes the shot with a plasma pistol, not a plasma rifle. It's an impressive range even if he had a clear line of sight. And lest we forget, during the initial ambush with the multi-laser, the marine not only identifies the threat but puts accurate return fire downrange which was only blocked by the gun mantle.
Probably my favorite part about this series is that the space marines are shown traditionally as walking tanks, they are heavy and imposing. However, they also showcase their speed, because despite weighting 5 or 6 hundred pounds, they still move insanely quick. We get to see some of that speed and it's terrifying.
@@PRC533 From my understanding Astartes cannot see through their helmets. I've always been told that the Marines are completely blind under their helmets, in the sense that they can't see out of them, but that their helmet scans and sees everything for them and then projects an image of what is being seen from the inside, which is why when that one Marine got his lens cracked and from then on you could see the red circles inside it constantly scanning around for new threats.
@@SomethingScotty yes and no. Think of them like really advanced night vision optics, except they can switch between a number of modes including, IR, Thermal, and magnetic as well as other wavelengths. So the lenses aren't just transparent glass as much as an amplifying device.
They have perfect pictographic memory
“Better than the Avengers”
You’re a man of culture, I see, and you have earned a subscription.
Yeah.. about a thousand times better.. And that isn't even close to being an exageration.. Coz this is almost absolute perfection! Truly!
There are many, many things better than Avengers especially now. Marvel has gone from a exciting universe to a garbage, racist, fascist and woke political cesspit of idiocy and virtue signalling derangement.
Same, just subscribed. Thank you for your service, sir. The Emperor Protects ✊
Not better, but equal on completely opposite plains. Hard to compare the two, being so different that’s all. Will admit I do prefer 40K quite a bit more, just wish I could see more. Thanks for the free show and lore!
That is an unfairly low bar for 40k to hop over.
_Calls Astartes evil..._
"Yes lord inquisitor, that guy over there. He said it"
And then the guy who snitched gets killed afterwards as well.
@@therealtruth3012 actually no. He will be commended for his actions, conscripted into the guard for his/her loyalto to the imperium, given a rifle and sent against crons or nids and he will be lucky to live for 5 minutes.
The emperor protects!
@William King nah you need five minutes to land lol xd
@@momqabt excuse you, 15 hours. The Emperor protects.
Technically, everyone is evil in WH40k, the humans, the orks, the elves, the chaos gods, everyone
I don't know if you heard, but after the Inquisitor got corrupted by the warp portal, he said to the marine in the white cloak, "recall then immediately" which is what sent his subordinate running. In the last fucking seconds of that inquisitor's life, he made the decision to warn the space marines on the ground and sacrificed himself to do so. fucking madman.
I didn't hear it...i wish i could, it makes sense
It's very muffled by the helmet, but yes it is there and thank you for that little detail I missed
Do you mean the dude kneeling and praying while connected to the sphere? If yes, I don't think he is an Inquisitor but rather an inquisition psycher. Either way a brave sould indeed :D
Holy shit you are right, it's almost inaudible but it's there. The attention to detail man...
@@Daniel__Nobre most likely an agent or apprentice to an Inquisitor. Inquisitors are not prone to put themselves in danger and certainly not in a routine mop-up operation. Deems themselves far too important for such tasks, especially if there is no glory or guarantee of survival.
I remember a quote from a liberated human gladiator when he saw his savior, an astartes sergeant. He said, "What wars called for the creation of one such as you?"
To which the sergeant replied, "Wars you cannot imagine."
Tankred Endures
What’s the quote from
Lucas Ahumada black templars short comic Tankred
One of the best shorts in the series
Damnation Crusade.
The guy who made this knew a thing or two about weapons: the bolter's trigger stages like an AUG, (stage 1 for semi, stage 2 for auto), and the shells' mini rockets actually burn through to the explosive filler. That and the mini rockets have their own lighting and audio.
He's too good for modern GW, IMHO. He's too good for modern Hollywood.
Indeed he did, it's his own custom chapter.
They are my Space Marines... and they shall know no fear.
But even the Emperor had never seen a Necron
@@littlepeach2010 this is not true. He defeated a shard of the C'tan the Void Dragon and locked it up on Mars long before his conquest of Terra.
"My finest creation."
You my brother...can stand next to me on front line.
_"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear."_
*--The Emperor of Mankind.*
I was gonna watch the straight version because I know all the lore you’re covering, but watching someone talk about something they’re so passionate about is such an infectious experience it got me fired up more than watching the straight video could
Thank you! I geniunely enjoy this universe
"He fucking rallies, cus he's a god-damn space marine!"
I totally feel your giddy excitement about how awesome that is, and how awesome this series is. Great stuff.
One thing that I feel that you tried to imply, but were not completely able to was how quickly they process a threat and react to it. The books like to describe it in vivid detail, but this is one of the first (of hopefully many) animations that portrayed it. One of my favourite scenes is the Hallway Autocannon Ambush and its not because of the 8ft warrior clad in armor that prolly weighs a literal ton sneaking behind the hidden gun team (yes, there were two people). The second Astartes in the squad, after witnessing a near miss by his battle-brother, takes a brief look at the bullet hole on the hallway and makes a split second decision to subtly angle his pauldron towards the unseen shooter to maximize protection because he knows that it is one of the thickest pieces of his armor and could reliably shrug off an autocannon round. Once glance was enough for him to determine the caliber of the weapon, it’s trajectory as well as its source, and the best course of action. All in a split second, while in motion.
I’d like to see Chief do that without AI.
Chief did that without AI for 25 years, then when he finally got AI he consistently beat her to the punch in tactical scenarios, despite her nanosecond processing times, enough that she stops trying to offer advice before the start of the first Halo game, opting to concentrate on electronic warfare and intel gathering to support him, as she was designed to. Spartans might not be as strong or tough as Astartes, but they are nearly as impressive and effective in combat. A good number of Spartans pull off Space Marine level feats in battle quite regularly, and the Chief does about as well as a named Ultramarine. If they had slightly better armour and weapons, Spartans would be equal to Astartes in every way but lifespan.
@@gama343 I absolutely agree, space marines and spartans are extremely similar when you look at their creation and skills. Space marines do have the superior tech however.
master chief is unbelievably powerfull hed do just well in 40k verse hes basically an astartes already minus the extea organs (i think) plus better armor and more physical strength (pretty sure)
@@miceatah9359 give master chief a bolter and watch him eat
Master Chief himself is a legend, he didn't need the bigger armor the space marines had. He was already a welled trained soldier and also that he even still fought wearing outdated armor even against other Spartans
ok, here is a quick (lol) break down of what is happening through out the whole serie
Some important background:
The Astartes (known as Space Marines) are genetically engineered super soldiers (were talking bigger, stronger, faster, with extra, redundant organs, the whole 9) and they are equipped with damn near the best gear the Imperium of Man (there's always exceptions) can make, Astartes are also known as "angels of death" and are basically mythical to most humans in the galaxy because they're so few of them (about a million total for an empire that spans the galaxy and oversees millions of worlds), when space marines get involved into anything, its usually a big fucking deal. The Warhammer 40k universe is an absolute shitshow, the Imperium of Man is pretty much a grab-bag of every dystopian future you can imagine, its highly xenophobic, religious and authoritarian, but it has to be because literally everything else in the galaxy will HAPPILY annihilate you (if you're lucky) or worse (and there is SOOO MUCH WORSE). Space Marines are mostly autonomous in organization, with only one real authority over them, the Inquisition (they have near absolute authority in the Imperium). The 3 universal threats to the imperium of man, and the reason why Space Marines exist in the first place are Xenos (aliens), Heretics and Daemons.
The last important bit is that in the 40k universe, there's an parallel/alternate dimension called "The Warp", which is how ships travel across the galaxy at faster than light speeds, the problem with the warp is that its the realm of daemons and the gods of chaos, think hell, but on steroids, (actually, everything in 40k is on steroids) and very weird, its INCREDIBLY dangerous (star system destroying kinds of dangers in some cases) to fuck around with ANYTHING remotely connected with the warp..
Ok, now on to what actually happens in the series:
A force of Astartes are intervening in planetary rebellion (rebellion happens often, doesn't usually require Astartes involvement), they deploy a kill team/combat squad (5 marines) to board a rebel ship in a boarding torpedo with the objective being to secure that weird psychic orb. They have one of those orbs on their ship "contained" already with an inquisitorial psyker linked/communing with it and Astarte Veterans (that's why they have white helmets) standing guard. It looks like the rebellion was likely caused by that orb in the first place, it has to ability to compel/sway others to its will and it tried to do the same with the marines (those pulses/whispers as they were approaching the orb) but failed because on top of their physical and genetic augmentation, Astartes also go through decades of absolutely horrendously brutal training and indoctrination. Then they get to the orb, looks like they are plugging in tech that allows the Psyker on the Astartes ship to eavesdrop on the orbs. Orb 1 is on the Astartes ship, Orb 2 is on the rebel ship and the conversation goes as follows:
Orb 1: Who is there?
Orb 2: I have failed, Brother.
Orb1: We have all failed
Orb 2: The Astartes deny our touch, you must break your seal (or shield)
Orb 1: Impossible, we will never survive
Orb 1: YOU MUST TAKE THEM (referring to the Kill team on the rebel ship)
At this point, the inquisitorial Psyker tells the veteran "recall them immediately", the veteran gives the order and the marine in the background rushes off. Because the psyker broke concentration to warn the veteran, he left himself open to possession by Orb 1, Orb 1 breaks his seal/shield and tries to take over the psyker, the veterans put him down quickly, warp possession is absolutely no joke and if you ever dig deeper into the lore, you will understand that their reaction was in absolutely no way unreasonable or overkill.
Back on the ship, the squad leader gets the recall order but before they can react, Orb 2 takes them. Inside orb, it appears that they the 5 marines are being reeled in by some squid like thing inside the warp but the entity is attacked by a big black smoke (could be a daemon, or it could be psychic backlash from its brother orb's new host being turned into chunky human salsa) and the squad leader re-materialize on an alien planet. As he looks out from his own pillar, you can see flashes of light on the other pillars out in the distance, the rest of his squad.
and that's it for now. There is some speculation about what the orbs are, the best fitting theory being an technology from an alien species called the Yu'vath (if you wish to do your own digging), its also entirely possible that the creator (all of this was made by a single person) just made up his own alien threat too :D
I think the first Rogue Trader gamebook had a good explanation for the warp. It is a psykic storm. Emotions, ideas, thoughts manifest in the warp. This is a realm of every nightmare and horror mixed with fantastic beauty. So it is really hard to navigate when it is pushing and pulling on the ship. The beacon gives ships a landmark in order to tell where they were. There are still world out there that have been cut off for eons some get corrupted by creatures from the warp which leads to events like in the short where they get contacted. brought into the fold only to find out that there was some xeno among them influencing them all along.
The Xenos in the short knows how to weave and manipulate the warp to some extent which is why they could pull the marines through it to another world.
The person who made this is Syama Peterson.
I noticed Orb 1 says "At last" as he is possessing him.
I initially thought the orbs were an alien species called Umbra. But its more likely they are Yu'vath constructions. Yu'vath have incredible control over warp energy and use it to power everything. It's a very obscure xenos species that is not really known so it's an easy mistake to not know what it is. 😁
@@blackflag66 That's a very interesting theory. My only concern about it is i never thought that they would use humans in this way.
great explanation! I wonder what are your thoughts about the scene at the end of part 5?
28:04 I love how they’re approaching this “UNRESTRAINED PORTAL TO HELL” and walking up to it like they’re picking up an Amazon package on their front porch
Actually happens a few seconds after. Once they are repelled by it, they only push harder. They are here to do a job, and they will see it done. Only in death does duty end.
@@kryptektales6938 “BACK OFF!!!”
“Oh no, Anyway..”
@@benjamericana1088 what? i dont get it.
also, what tf you talking about?
@@kryptektales6938 Top Gear meme with the oh no
In the "valley endscene" take a look at the other pillars, you can see his brothers mateialize on them, gives a sense of the massive scale of the place!
Also gives a sense a hope that they might make it out together
@@eliperilpresidente They will, the emperor protects. Or at least they will purge the Xenos in that filthy place.
Wait really imma pay extra attention cause I’ve seen this dozens of times but never noticed
Edit: U sure? I still couldn’t see it. Like I saw some distortion but I think those are more flecks of dust/sand/whatever flitting through the screen
@@AverageAwesomeDude Trust me. They are there. Pretty sure Syama (creator) confirmed that they are there as well as so many other viewers noticing the blips. It is clearly an intentional effect. I just love how I can watch this over and over (probably seen 200 times by now, no joke) and still notice new details. Like, bravo to the creator, because I don't know how you could plan this all out and execute it so well. Back to the pillar thing, there is a sudden flash/brightness/contrast change in the areas of each pillar and dust implosion at the time of the teleports. I think there are three in quick succession. Not sure what happened to the other astartes. It makes sense that the warp entity would drop them out of the warp in an important place.
Dang.. Yeah, i can see that. Never noticed that before
The most beautiful moment in this whole series for me is the absolute commitment of movement when the Astartes stabs the psyker between the trapezius and pectoral muscle groups. What makes this substantial compared to any other region of the body to perform a stab is how many vital organs are completely disabled in a single strike, which also goes to show how precise and fundamentally controlled these guys are. There was zero hesitation and immediately after that moment rips the spinal column from the brain stem. It's just such a crazy level of determination and lethality that simply doesn't yield, even after basically fighting complete paralysis.
Crazy how good this is portrayed in Astartes project
Everything about this series is god tier. The character models, textures, tactics, animation, special effects, sound and music design, environments, just everything.
“When ever it gets super cold super fast that means the forces of hell are nearby”
Hoth: laughs in chaos
Have been into 40k and 40k lore for nearly 20 years now. Seen every fanfilm, watched all the game cinematics and, for me, this is the best and most accurate representation of astartes warfare I've seen yet. WE NEED A FULL 40K PRODUCTION!!! If there's the will and CGI capacity to make a damn live action Lady and the Tramp...I think the 40k community deserve it.
Also. @25:11 so glad you clarified the Chaos Gods business...the devil worshipper thing was itching my brain
I'm content with the continuation of the Astartes series. The creator definitely has a lot of support and might even make it a full-time job. At least this is what i hope for.
Comments that ages like the finest of the wines ✨❤️
When you get the inquisitor POV, the orbs obviously manifest as blue but you'll notice his clasped hands give off a black smoke/aura. To my mind the inquisitor grasps what's about to happen, gives the warning then displaces himself, knowing his 'guards' will waste whatever takes him over, in order to manifest as the black smoke that interrupts the tentacled being in the warp.
Sounds nice but i dont think hes powerfull enough to manifest in the warp let alone defeat any demon
@@miceatah9359 said he interrupts the blue entity at the cost of his life, didn’t say defeat. Fact remains there’s only two instances of that black smoke, inquisitors hands and whatever it is that envelopes the blue entity holding the marines.
@@CunySark The idea of an Inquisitor, top of the baseline humans, sacrificing his own life to just temporarily stun a minor deamon is kind of scary because puts in perspective just how powerful deamons are in the WH40K universe
I always thought that this was:
The black smoke is the Inq concentrating and remaining hidden while it intercepts any communication that the captured orb might attempt to the boarded ship. He listens in on the conversation the orbs have and then when an order is given that threatens the lives of the astartes, he breaks focus and can't conceal himself in order to warn those guarding him, "Recall them immediately!". At that point, the captured orb immediately recognises that there is another presence connected and possesses the Inq.
Totally agree, Inquisitorial Psykers do not fuck around, he'd know what is about to happen so he essentially went nova, burning every ounce of psykic power he had to disrupt them, knowing full well he'll be possessed in an instant immediately after doing so.
He got a warning out and gave the Marines a fighting chance.
By the Emperor's will.
the thunderbolt did not break off and went somewhere else, it actually attacks the rebel ship (fires a missle, accelerates to outrun AA fire) from the left to right side of the screen, in order to draw some AA fire and/or have the rebel ship focus on him initially in order to somewhat give the assault ram a shorter exposure time to AA fire before breeching.
It's doing a wild weasel flyby, pulling air defense so the mission package can get through.
@@eXpriest yeah, pretty much.
Exactly. How can you miss that?
Perfect
If you look closely, it fires at least 2 missiles at the rebel freighter and disables the rear main thrusters - they go dark a little bit before the boarding ship does what it does best.
Just found the video today and subscribed just from the opening spiel.
10:21 - 500 Space Marines would be considered overkill to take over our entire planet as it stands today. And I think it was just the single torpedo so only the squad of 5 Astartes led by the Sergeant.
Thanks for providing a good bridge for a new audience to appreciate the genius of the setting and the work of Syama.
Oh, side note - the ceramite armor they are wearing has integrated comms so throughout you can't hear them talking and planning. When the Sanctioned Psyker yells at his max voluntary volume, you can barely hear the muffled "RECALL THEM IMMEDIATELY!" That moment to warn the Captain and Lieutenant cost the Psyker everything... and when the other intelligence took him over... it forced his body and mind to chant painfully loudly. Such a powerful moment of horror.
500 Marines would be considered overkill for almost any mission - That is 1/2 of a Chapter
100 would be more what is expected as a large strike force, there was a story in one of the older Codex's that mentioned that on more than one occasion as little as 10 has pacified entire worlds
In the Book Salvation's Reach by Dan Abnett an entire formation of Imperial Guard consider themselves lucky that 3 marines agree to support them - and at more than one point the Marines are forced to slow down their attack on the Reach, one even going back to ask what is taking them so long
"There are no good guys."
"... evil Master Chief."
*cries in Lamenters*
Okay, SOME good guys.
@@sethmiller2532 yeah but the few that are good, always get the worst shit thrown at them by the universe
*Celestial Lions have left the chat*
Don’t forget the salamanders
@@TheonlythingIknowisbloodshed Oh, definitely.
Which side of the moral alinement you fall on depends on which end of the bolter you stand , in 40k
as the Inquisitor looks at the captain, you can make out a muffeld " withdraw them immediately!" love your nerded out reaction :)
Gotta love the Astartes. Even when things went south, not an iota of fear.
The amount of pain and training you go through to become an astartes or god forbid, a primaris is enough to kill most able candidates. Only the cream of the cream of the crop ever make it this far. This group seems like a chapter backing the inquisition which means reallllyyyy high up marines specifically trained to deal with chaos, xenos, and pyskers. Probably a tier below grey knight so definitely no fear in them. Seems like the types to get dumped in the warp and survive a couple centuries honestly.
And they shall know no fear
Also astartes are literally modified to have their emotions suppressed to a level one might think they don't even feel anything but joy for battle.
@@hajimesajto89 that’s not true. They feel emotions just fine
@@djcuevas1057 I know that they are able of feeling emotions. What I meant was that they will most likely ignore/ suppress any emotions detremental to their ability to fight, especially if they are seasoned or specifically trained in facing psykers and chaos. Seeing an astartes show fear in this kind of battle will be a somewhat rare occasion.
Okay dude. I dont know why, but I just today found your reaction to Astartes. I've watched a lot of your other videos, and subscribe to your channel. I, without doubt, completely love and appreciate your analysis. You absolutely nailed items that other reactors missed, were unsure about or went down the wrong path. I completely appreciate the background you filled in on stuff I didn't think about or connect.
I was also interested in your reference to the Emperor at the end of the show. It really made me think when you mentioned the row of skeletons in a throne as far as the eye could see. Just really made me think about 1,000 psykers a day to keep him in his half-dead condition. Wonder if that has any bearing or if I'm just reaching. Im now off to watch your breakdown of the remastered edition. Have a great day.
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31:30 He doesn't "just" look they have comms inside their helmets we as the viewer just don't hear it. (creators choice done on purpose is my assumption).
If you notice carefully throughout all of the parts of the Astartes series you see them communicating within their helmets very subtle motions and movements.
some of the stuff people might have missed:
Just like the thunder hawk that flew away in the beginning actually flew behind the enemy ship to take out the engines if you notice carefully you'll see a rocket enter the engines and then the engine lights are off. with melting metal and sparks coming out of the engines. and the thunderhawk flies over the enemy ship drawing fire power away.
the drones take care of most incoming fire with a few rockets passing the first one the defensive cannon we see shoot taking out of the other incoming projectiles.
And as they are flying in hot on the ship they use plasma lasers to melt into the hull.
(watch the original its much better quality) 5:39 here you'll see 2 white lines tiny impact on engines and then fire from above the enemy ship trailing the thunder hawk draw away enemy fire towards the front of the ship.
The details in this whole mini-series are incredible like blink and you'll miss a couple of things.
10:33 you can see 2 hooded figures spotter and shooter (hence why the space marine shot twice.)
subtle to notice but the space marines don't waste ammo.
14:20 you'll notice the sergeant waiting for his marines to get into position and as they get ready reloading and all he gives a subtle nod probably 14:26 saying "go".
16:07 i assume its the same sergeant, right hand knife ready for use and has his plasma pistol in his left hand he shoots couple of times to distract then drops the weapon to directly switch over to his bolt pistol. my assumption is its faster to drop the plasma pistol and grab his other pistol then to holster it during combat.
However! there is a error here. on 11:30 (you can't see it in this clip because of the cam being in the way.) on his left leg he has his Boltgun and in his left hand he's shooting with the Bolt pistol.
But 12:05 when taking out the twin lazer on his left side his boltgun changed into a plasma pistol.
There is so much more but this feels like rambling on. sorry for the long comment but the timestamps are there to watch it again.
No, go on. You've stopped just before arguably the most interesting, and speculative, part.
By the way, the space marine, in the error you're referring to, is not the sergeant and the same space marine we see getting confronted by the multi-laser later in the corridor. The sergeant is designated by the black chevron insignia on his helmet.
There's another error on the sergeant's left shoulder armor. It's clearly damaged by the multilaser attack and remains pockmarked through the psyker battle... then becomes flawlessly intact again for all of part 5. Where he takes chest damage also changes.
One thing I love is they got the speed of the marines right - they don't stand about, they move fast and still don't miss
Idk why...but seeing someone nerd out about a fandom I know nothing about is really fun and enjoyable for me. I typically play Pathfinder and D&D, so this must be what it feels like when I try to describe that to someone who has never played before. Really good stuff.
If you still have no idea what Warhammer 40k is, it is a tabletop game wher you colelct models of soldiers, aliens, and vehicles, and build them and paint them to use them in the game. If you want some lore, check out Bricky's Warhammer 40k Factions Explained series. Then for some extra lore, check out Luetin09, Oculus Imperia, Arch, Majorkill, and Baldemort's guide to Warhammer.
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 a few months down the line and I can say that I'm all too aware of what warhammer is now. Planning on starting my army next year and really enjoying the Horus Heresy novels.
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 and love all those lore guys as well, especially Oculus.
A bit late but there is a dnd warhammer 40k system
It includes
Dark heresy (inquisition)
Only war (imperial guard)
Deathwatch (space marines)
Black crusade (chaos humans and marines)
And all are compatible with each other
2 years later. I have a 2k point Salamanders list, have read every major Horus Heresy novel up to The End and the Death, and just played a 40k game on Conor’s channel last week. All thanks to this vid.
It took me a few watches to realise the Inquisitor is eavesdropping on what is being said between the 2 entities and hears that they're it's going to abduct them and says "Withdraw them immediately!"
But in doing so has alerted the 2 entities to his presence and gets psychically attacked straight away, Which as we can see attempts to resist but ultimately fails.
I love these kinds of explanations. 40k is so dense that even though I knew 90% of what was going on, you revealed and explained that 10% that was missed and I love you for it. C:
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It's an absolute treat to watch the reaction from someone that is knowledgeable about the setting, love all the analysis and breakdowns you did!
Thank you kindly, check all the other stuff out too!
the psyker fight is genuinely amazing to look at. from the force of the shockwave impacting the bolter rounds trajectory to the absolute cold-bloodedness of the astartes striking as soon as the psyker loses even a modicum of control.
And the best part is, those are low grade weak psykers. The stronger ones can Rend an entire space Marine squad into Ribbons with a flick of their finger. The Book, 'The Damnation of Pythos' has a great sequence towards the end that shows it well.
@@davidbycroft Hell, Malcador threw an entire fucking planet into the Warp if I remember right. Or was that someone else?
@@TheRedMan77 something something Prospero burns
@@TheRedMan77 also titan and the grey knights
@@TheRedMan77he put the moon titan into the warp to protect the gray knights so they'd be ready when they came back
You made the best description and explanation of Astartes on TH-cam from all the ones I have watched. The most Legit one.
in another video. a theory was that the black force attacking the demon in the warp was the psychic backlash of the posessed inquisitor being gored
Either that or a last-ditch attack by the psyker before getting possessed
Considering the communication between the orbs stating "break your seal" and the response "we will not survive", I think that it didn't take long for the entity within the orb to be noticed in the warp and it was quickly consumed by something more powerful. It would be a great reflection of even these seemingly potent creatures being easy prey in the warp.
The inquisitor is animated with a blackish aura during the psychic communications. The black entity attacking the Yuvath could be the displaced psychic essence of the inquisitor attacking the Yuvath to free the trapped Astartes.
It was confirmed by the Astartes creator that the black shadow is just a random warp entity eating the tentacle guy.
Can't we just say it's Big E protecting his Astartes from the warp
Bro, your reaction is just so awesome! I'm just getting into Warhammer 40k and your breakdown and nerded out reaction is just exactly what i needed the most, thanks
This is a bolter, your argument is invalid.
- I'm the Emperor, i don't need bolters, i'll just use a little powerfull light...Astronomicon. And i love my ergonomical gaming chair plenty or cables!
- I'm Absdubal Vect, son of the darkness, i will kill my enemies... 500 years later meet then, i'ts a pleasure to stay with them during this time. Well maybe not for them...
- I'm... I don't know... I was born hours ago, as an adult to destroy and eat all the biomatheria of this planet. Hungry hungry hungry!
-I'm Szareck, the Silence King, i was just passing here again, after 64 million years travelling between galaxies... So good to stay at home again!
What? Danger? What means this word?
- I'm a great ork thactical general. Owr strategy. Take a gun. Immagine youre red motorbike goes faster than light, then shoot. Boom! To the enemy better than another orcs... Don't forget to leave spooores!!!
- I'm an empire custode, and please, stop pranking me because we have stayed for secols nude after the emperor goes bad... Believe me, is not the smartest idea to makes me angry. My bolter is 10 times more powerfull than yours and almost as big as my d... (Even if we only use to make pee).
- I'm Lucke Skywalker and...
-Boooh, noob in SciFi!!!
I always link your video in addition to the unedited one to anyone who wants to understand the lore of what they've just seen. You gave the best explanation and breakdown of all the other attempts I've watched.
As a guy who knew little to nothing about 40k, you are the first to explain, for me, what is going on and the importance of it.
The moment you said, "bullet the size of a red bull can" I was taking a bite of a cookie and started fucking choking I was laughing so hard. Thank you man.
I live to serve.
@@Counterpoints They're actually a lot smaller than most people assume at just .75 caliber.
@@CordovanSplotchVT regular bolter rounds are .75, the heavy bolter rounds are indeed red bull cans
@@antonkukoba3378 it varies...
I've seen sources putting heavy bolter rounds at around 30mm and other sources saying they're the size of a fist.
A quick note, be sure to watch the playlist of the astartes content, we should not have compilations that have even a tenth of the original views. Funnel it all towards Astartes.
Sadly the channel disappeared
Loved your take on this extraordinary piece of 40k animation. The best explanation of the end scene that I have heard of so far.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Astartes mini series actually made me interested in the Warhammer 40k universe. I used to hear about it here and there, but I always thought, that is was just a PC game series. I never knew until a few days ago, that it is actually a table top game with a huge lore behind it. Now I am thinking about getting into the table top and buying my first models.
Doooo it!
Loved your take on this. Been rewatching Astartes for a couple of years now and found your interpretation awesome. Learned some new stuff
Glad to see another enthusiast! While I disagree on some of your analysis, I dig your attention to these details that are absent in our current big budget movies .
I've been with you since this video, I'm glad to see how far you've come, battle brother!
@@jjdelany8130 it’s been a journey
Fun fact. The big mask dude, he stopped the Bolter shells with a telekinetic force field (which the esteemed hose is correct would be a type of invulnerable save; the space marine’s power armor also gives such a save).
Normal marine armour doesn't give an Invuln save
It has a 3+ armour save - enough to stop anything short of an Anti-tank missile
The Marnines true elites would donn Tactical Dreadnought armour Which has a 2+ Armour and 5+ Invulnerability save as it has a fragment of a piece of armour once carried by the Emperor
The shield the Psyker has is based off an old force shield power that gave a 4+ invuln save Which is the same as a Storm Shield - An energy shield designed for breaching and engaging monsters
@@bengrogan9710 Theirs are most likely psychic kinetic fields given what they are. BUT they could just as easily be mundane powerfield generators like those carried by human soldiers.
@Musabre to be clear, yes I was meaning that it is a psychic field -with the same effect as a force shield
just re-watched this video , your knowledge and enthusiasm is contagious and uplifting after a shitty day... Thanks..
uhh... you really called the emporers angels evil?
the inquisition is probably already knocking on the door
I'm glad I found you sir!
I'm really enjoying the analysis and perspective!
Good stuff!
Please make more video of 40k lore ! I really like the way you talk about real historical example to explain things in 40k universe ! This is really interesting because 40k has TONS of historical inspiration and it looks like you have a good interpretation of the lore AND a great historical knowledge !
Of all the reactions to this short film, you are the only one to point out the fine details like the SM flanking the autocannon sniper, the frozen floor chipping, and various other tidbits, not to mention rapid-firing bits of lore and background info. Kudos my man.
Inquisitor says through helmet "Recall them immediately" You can hear it in that moment. Also great video
Thank you for such a deep, informative breakdown of literally the best Warhammer 40k animation ever made (imo of course). Astartes absolutely deserves more in depth analysis and discussion. Theres soo much material expertly condensed into a 15 minute short, I was blown away. The amount of detail in the animation alone makes it a video worthy of analysis. Then theres the great sound design, impressive cinematography, intense action, and fascinating story full of mystery and suspense. There is quite a lot of unspoken deep lore all over the "Astartes" short that builds up intrigue masterfully. This one video has directly, undoubtedly, sent thousands of people who never knew Warhammer 40k even existed, down the insanely deep rabbit hole that is the hobby, never to be seen again. Lost in the lore, God damn...
This guy showed EVERYONE how its done. I smile when I think about the level of inspiration and/or hype he showered on the entirety of the fandom. I hold on to the hope that the "Astartes" project low key shamed the official Games Workshop animation department into putting much more effort and attention to detail into future projects. We can only hope "Astartes" will be held up as the standard for all 40k animations now that Syama Pedersen(the creator of Astartes for those who don't know) has officially been hired by Games Workshop. I can see Games Workshop's future projects being as good as Blizzard's cinematics if the planets align just right. Maybe if Syama is put in a position of authority he'll be able to change the culture over at Games Workshop when it comes to, at the very least, attention to detail in their future projects. I can go on...forev...
Ohh my. I seem to have went on another fanatical rant about the glory of "Astartes"...Emperor save me, I need help.
Seriously though, I thoroughly enjoyed your breakdown. If you couldn't tell, your video kind of got me hyped, and I mean HYPED.
You've got yourself a solid B+ on your lore knowledge mate, respect!
I think the 29:45 things are shards of blackstone with electronics in them. The proximity of the blackstone is blocking the warp which is why you see those expanding areas from each one as it dampens chaos around each one
“It’s soo f&@king cool, f@&k anyone who likes sci-fi and doesn’t like this” Yup, that’s pretty much it.
You and I have the same reactions every time I watch this. It’s just fantastic. I’m a combat vet and I love the tactical detail in this, missing from almost everything made in Hollywood. Astartes is what turned me into 40K a few years ago and it’s my life now. Thanks for the great video.
It’s fun coming back and watching this after secret level.
Thanks!
4:08 - 4:11
Death Korps of Krieg soldier: "Am I a joke to you?"
the other kriegsman: "Whats a joke?" (pulls trigger and mows down squad)
Great video 👍 throughly enjoyed your explaining of the lore, I’ve learnt a few new things despite being a huge 40K fan 😊
The channel Arch does an amazing job explaining what the psykers and the big balls are. (Though the theories he proposes aren't confirmed by the creator, they make a good deal of sense.)
Nobody have given a better break down of this than you. Even other Warhammer fans failed to explain everything going, so thank you for that.
Him: "There's Starship Trooper Bugs, there's orcs, there's elves, there's dark elves, there's chaotic human beings..."
my loyal to the EMPRAH brain: THERE'S FILTHY XENOS THAT DESERVE TO DIE ALL MOMENTS OF ALL TIME WITHOUT MERCY, HESITATION OR REMORSE.
Hey man loved this video so I just wanted to say: When most people pause the video to talk it’s annoying but idk what you did, it was awesome listening to you explain everything. Cool shit man!
As a representative of The God Emperor's Most Holy Inquisition, I'm starting to resent the whole 'we are all evil' stigma that revolves around the Imperium of Man. Their armies are brutal for a damn good reason! Chaotic mutations, heretics and filthy xenos are a direct threat to the citizens of the Imperium, who for the most part are GOOD people - sometimes horribly mistreated by their Governors, or living on highly lethal Death Worlds, but deep down good people nonetheless!
And before people bring up the whole xenophobic thing, allow me to remind you just what the Imperium is up against....
First and foremost, The Ruinous Powers. Also called The Gods of Chaos. Lovecraftian, warp spawned entities that control daemons, possessed psykers and heretical cultists and are fuelled by the thoughts and emotions of every single living and semi-living entity within the Galaxy. The power of these so called Gods is so potent, that even knowing just a little bit about them will cause insanity within an untrained mind and horrific mutations within normal communities. When Inquisitors hand out the Emperor's 'Mercy' , it really does mean they are killing you out of mercy!
Orks. Devolved, ultra violent, numerous, collectively psychic mushrooms created by an ancient race as bio soldiers in a war that happened back when humanity was starting to evolve.
Eldar/ Dark Eldar. Space Elves, who quite literally murder fucked a chaos god into existence and have been on the run ever since.
Tau. Don't believe them when they talk about 'The greater good'. Their so called Greater Good is a systemic caste system with the ultra elite ensuring that everyone has a place in their empire. And everyone stays in that place like good obedient little puppies. They mightn't be as brutal in their nature as the Imperium, but they are just as oppressive.
Necrons... We've all watched Terminator right? And we've all watched Evil Dead right? Now combine those and mix in horrific technologies and a hatred for all living creatures that predates the birth of humanity and yeah you got Necrons!!!!
Yu'Vath... Ya just met them!
Tyranids. Seriously the worst of the worst! Spiky, smelly, slimy, scaly, spawning, slavering, acidic spitting, all consuming hives of ever evolving creatures, bio engineered to consume. Everything! People? Consumed! Fauna? Consumed! Flora? Consumed! Oceans? Consumed! Mineral deposits? Consumed!!!!!!! Entire planets are devoured leaving nothing but a cold, rocky husk.
We might be willing to coexist with Abhumans, like Space Marines, Navigators, cyborg Tech Priests, Ogryns, Ratlings, Squats and even some breeds of Beastmen. But these creatures have either evolved naturally from humans without the influence of Chaos, or - in the case of Astartes and Tech Priests - been created through the wisdom of The God Emperor of Man or enhanced through the carefully protected - and slightly - lost art of science. These beings are aspects of humanity. Filthy xenos, heretics and chaos mutants and daemons have nothing but malevolent ill will towards the Imperium and will never cease their terror until we are destroyed.
"Tau are just as oppressive" Yeaaaaah, if I must live under an oppressive regime I might prefere one that is not brutal. Basically, Tau are just like the Imperium minus the fact that they are brutal as heck and plus the fact that these guys, by nature, do not empower the malignant sides of Chaos (Humankind feeds Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle and Slaanesh by any action they take to fight it back. I remind you guys that Chaos was given birth truely because of the War In Heaven)
It is because of the fear and ignorance in the Immaterium and warp itself that many people do not understand that no one will ever be able to defeat it. Necron may be merely able to "push it back" but I doubt they could premanantly destroy the Chaos Gods.
To fight Chaos is to empower it, it is only by spreading calm, knowledge and peace that the warp may return to a more normal and passive form, just like before the War In Heaven
Yeah the Tyranids are the worst even in the tabletop game they are so broken.
Okay, a good point, but the orbs weren't Yu'vath. The creator's said it himself, he made them up, similar to the Retributors Chapter in the series.
So I’m new to your channel and this popped up. I was blown away by Astartes when it came out. (EDIT: Still am.)
I’m VERY glad too to see the Space Marine 2 comment (which was valid at the time) to be wrong. So stoked.
Get some!
Hope you spotted the eldar fire at the end? It's the best 40k animation I've ever seen... Nothing comes close not even some of the games workshop own
I've seen a number of these videos, and you're the first guy to comment on the breaking ice (strange it's only in one small patch) and the similarities between the half dead Emperor of Man and the dead looking host at the end. Great Job!
When he said 'and for those who are willing to give me the next half hour to 45 minutes of your life so we can watch a incredible piece of Sci fi' I was like hell yeah I'm down!
Hot damn, you were not kidding about this being a perfect point to jump in. Contextualizing how the game works with the events of the video is the exact level of nerd analysis I'm looking for.
I played some random rts 40k game early 2000's, then I watched Astartes and was intrigued, trying to find more 40k stuff. But everything else is such low quality garbage it just doesn't hold up to the set standard set by Astartes for me. I hope this guy puts out more, I could honestly watch a 3hour movie without a single voice line and enjoy the fk outta it.
That is so true. My favorite part about the entire series is the absence of cookie cutter space marine voice lines, "For the emperor!" "Die, heretic!" "Burn in holy fire!" etc that are so overused. It was a genuine pleasure to nat have to hear the same cringe stuff again. And the amount of emotion that was able to be portrayed through slight tilts of the helmet, no facial expressions/words is incredible.
It is really nice seeing someone react to this video that really has a good grasp on the lore of the Grimdark, because it just allows you to nerd out so much more than when others, who have minimal to no understanding of the lore react.
My introduction to W40k was Dawn of War around 2006. It's also useful to point out that StarCraft was originally supposed to be a W40k game but they couldn't secure the rights the Tyranids and Eldar became Zerg and Protoss respectively
Late to the party, but I loved listen and watching your reaction. The breakdown of the knife scene (which I watch religiously) made my day sir. Thanks for the analysis!
You keep saying "evil", demonic, satan etc like those concepts mean anything in the Warhammer universe. The axiom of the 40k setting is Order vs Chaos. Evil is such an irrelevant concept in a universe where the "good guys" (ie. the humans) will literally exterminate entire planets to stop one rogue psyker who has become a gateway for chaos. There are no good factions. In the dark future, there is only war, and the laughter of thirsting gods... ; )
Look little Billy you have only two options, the first is to accept the last gesture of mercy given to you and your world as devoted servants of the God Emperor of Mankind in the form of a quick death, or you can start preparing your butt (and your whole body) for the horde of slaaneshi demons willing to murderfuck every sentient being, the brutal berserkers of khorne ready to bathe in your blood and entrails, the pestilence of papa Nurgle and his flesh-eating virus, or the aberrant mutations of tzeentch, and that's just the Chaos faction.
In short, from one to ten, the Warhammer 40K universe is eleven and there are worse things than death every eight out of ten times.
I mean, he explained multiple times that he used these terms for newcomers...
The worst part is, it's actually necessary and absolutely makes perfect sense. Because holy shit, the consequences are so much worse.
And yet they say "BLood for the Blood gor, skulls for the Skull throne" The Imperium will win this WAR!!! And my beloved brothers of Space Wolf, we will find our lost primarch... Russ will see his chapter once again in the final battle!
@@hgc009 Damned tzeentch...... Magnus should've accepted his fate and succumed to the hands of Leman Russ...
I really enjoy that you are so excited over this.
"lethal death" it's like death, but more dangerous. :)
Funny thing is in 40K that is a legitimate distinction to make 😜🤣
thank you for the great analysis and simplified explanations of the 40k universe. I'm not new to it but it's refreshing to hear things explained in simple terms!
Star Wars: We have a moon sized space station that can destroy a planet
40k: Bitch please
40k: we turned our moon into a giant weapons platform, and that’s just one layer in the massive onion that is the defensive structure of Holy Terra.
This is actually quite refreshing, a good reaction video in its own way. It works especially well because of the expertise that you bring from the lore, games, and worldly knowledge. Thank you for putting out this good product.
"This is where things get a little confusing."
WELCOME TO THE INQUISITION!
(lol)
Dude-
Definitely love your statements at the beginning, very profound very simple very good to always keep in mind.
Did you notice at the end of part 5 that there are the flashes, of presumably the other space marines, arriving on the other pillars... Those skeletons are huuuuuge!
Best reaction and explanation of astartes series i've found on youtube after watching like a dozen reaction videos of it xD
I don't like when people pause in reactions, but you explained a lot of the things that I didn't know about this universe (still noob). And I loved you entusiasm...
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Amazing reaction! I love the tid bits of lore and seeing how excited you get explaining it. I've been dipping my toes into the world of WH and videos like this are why I keep wading out into the water.
Well check out the channel I got plenty of lore and breakdowns of the new animated series including hammer and bolter and angels of death
@@Counterpoints Will do!
For all the details you were so giddy about you missed some very important ones.
For example, the service studs in the Sergeants head. 1 gold for 100 years of service and 2 silver, representing, either 10 years, or 50 years. This is a homebrew "chapter" of space marines, so it's left to speculation if he's 120 years of service, or 200. It's pretty much one or the other.
The "black bigger demon cloud" that kills the Yu'voth squid dude, isn't some random bigger demon. It's the inquisitorial psyker's remnants lashing out to save the squad before they are consumed, a sort of "last hurrah". This is indicated, when the psyker activates his powers to spy on the orbs communicating, you'll notice all of the black smoke coming off and surrounding his vision. He saves his squad. You'll also notice, to the drum beats at the end, little flashes of light on the other pillars. His other battle brothers are teleported with him.
Yea you could argue with that, but there are 2 things that doesn't make good sense
1. The Inquistor was long dead
2. The Inquisitor got disconnected before he died.
It is some kind of warp demon who are lurking through the warp for psychic energy, it is maybe this thing the one orb is referring when they spoke to each other "break your seal" "we will not survive". Furthermore you can see behind the blue tentacle thing, in the backround, that there are more of these black clouds.
But idk, could be the psychic backlash
@@31er_ohne_AMG I agree with your interpretation. The communication between the orbs seems to be a good indication. Fitting for the 40k universe, we see an entity that seems so powerful but when it comes to trying to exist in the warp there are much bigger fish lurking.
It actually is a bigger random demon. Confirmed by Astartes creator.
I should point out that the orbs are not Yu'vath. The creator made them up, along with the Retributors.
@@tomgeytenbeek2207 Not actually Yu'vath, but they were very much inspired by the Yu'vath.
You're the first reactor to this I've seen that notices a lot of details, nice work
I know im late to the party lad, but that heretical "Ball" may not be a portal but part of the Yu'vaath xenos race, Arch Warhammer has a video of that, good video keep it up i love seeing an actual marine getting off to Warhammer 40k !
Greetings from Getmany btw. ^^
saw that too
because they talk to each other xD
your explanations helped me understand alot more about 40K so thank you for that
In part 4 when they fight the psykers he talks about the other Space Marines dying but as you can see in part 5 they didint die they survived the "Force Push" from the psykers.
Yeah, I feel like that cheapens the victory but w/e
Still phenomenal piece of art
@@Counterpoints Yes easily the best short video out there and waaay better than anything Hollywood has produced in the last 5 years.
being a fan of the warhammer 40k universe from a young age i love the way you explain the lore
31:30 it’s muffled but you hear the inquisitor say “withdraw them immediately”, it’s not just a look that the space marine understands perfectly
Author: -Imagine that you live there...
Me: -Nope thanks!
I pictured that daemon getting blown away as being the line to the real world being severed when the Inquisitor got blasted by the Captain and bird boy.
Excellent fuckin react video Marine.
Watching this fucking gem yet again because it's so amazing. Thank you for this video Conor
Gotta love it.... And this video is F'n amazing. But numbers are all wrong. There are Only 5 Space Marines that board the ship in the boarding torpedo... None of them die until the end.... Astartes was my first real intro to WH40K... I've been reading up on the lore ever since. Absolutely nuts. Love it.
I've watched so many reaction/breakdowns of just this video. I fucking love it. I'm a Warhammer noob, but this shit gets so much deeper every time I watch it.